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GEBHARD JAEGER, OF 4COLTVTJIBVS, HI.

CONCRETE-DISTRIBUTING PPARTUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Dec. 4i, llgil.;

Application filed January 24's, 1916. Serial No. 73,530. K

To all whom if may concern:

Be it known that l, GEBHARD JAEGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Concrete-Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates more particularly to tracks for use in connection with concrete distributingl apparatus. y

The object of thepresent invention is to provide an improved construction inclined track which is simple and easy to erect and which may be manufactured at small cost so as to be within the reach of the contractor of .limited means. Another object is to pro vide a track whichmay be easily vtaken apart and compacted for storage or transportation.

rihis invention is embodied in the con struction and combination ot' parts herein shown and described and then pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a general view in side eleva tion showing an apparatus for the special purpose stated according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail on a larger scale show .ing the joined sections of the inclined way' or track. l

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 .is a detail in side view showing the construction oi the hooking or lower end oit the track section.

Fig. 5 is a similar detail showing the other or upper end of a section like' that referred 'to in Fig. 4t.

Fig. 6 is a detail in sectional view on the. line .fr-.fa Fig. 2 looking up.

Fig. 7 is a detail in side view ot' the upper portion. of one of the" track supporting legs.

8 shows how the hook end4 of a. track section is positioned with reference to the non-hook end of another section to eii'ect the connection or disconnection of the sections.

In the views/1'() designates an intermediate track sectionwhich is composed of two bars each preferably ot' rolled steel oi tlf-form in cross section. Each bar of such section has at one end a hook ll and a pair of tongues 'l2 to embrace an alined bar or track. rlhe other end oi each oit' the bars olf the section is provided with an eye 13. A. rod 14: is passed through and suitably secured in said To joiirone section to another .the hooks ll are placed over rod le of such other section while in the relative or angular position shown in Fig. 8 and then the section to be hooked is turned up until it alines with the other section to form a continuous track uponwhich the wheels yof a truck, as hereinafter described, can run. When the sections are thus joined and alined one cannot be raised with reference to the other and can only be separated by bringing the one to be .separated to the angular relation first described. The first or lowest track section re"sts upon the ground at the incline desired for the whole track, its upper end being supported by a leg frame l5, as seen in Fig. l, havingY the upper end of its side pieces notched out as seen at 15 in Fig. 7 to engage the cross rod ist. As many oi these track` sections as seen at 16 and l'i' are added to the i'irst described section and supported at their junctions as seen at l@ and 17 to secure the desired extension and elevation of the track. The upper end o' the track is provided with a hopper 18,

Beyond the high point of the track there is provided a triangular irame if) pivoted to swing in a horizontal. direction on a column 2() supported on a base 2l and held at its upper end by a horizontal rod 22 resting on or secured to the cross rods of the legs. Supported upon the triangular swinging frame is a spout composed or' two sections 23 and 24C. The upper end of the lower spout section 24 is supported upon a hinged fork 25 pivoted in the 'free end of the triangular frame so as to be eapabie of swinging hori- Zontally and vertically. T he spout sections 23 and 2i are therefore movable horizontally with reference to each other and to the discharge of the hopper 18, but the upper end of the spout section 23 lies constantly lunder the.hopper. The hopper therefore discharges into the spout sections and the discharge oit' the lower spout section caribe directed to the point where the concrete 1s toV be poured, as t'or example, along the straight lines of the four sides oi the placev where the foundation of an ordinary house is to be built.

26 designates generally a concrete mixing machine of a construction now in common use except that Jfor the purposes of the pres ent invention it contains a motor driven windlass 26u. 2? designates a truck to travel on the inclined track, said truck containing a tiltable, but rnormally balanced bucket 28. The truclr is connected with cord 29 runroe ning around a suitable pulley (not shou'n) to Wind on the windlass so that the truck With its bucket can be drawn up on the track and lowered as desired. lhe bucket is provided witli a rigid arm 30 which when the truck is drawn to the top of the inclined track strikes a rigid lug 31 on the track causing the bucket to turn and discharge its contents into the hopper 1S. 1n its lowered position the bucket receives the mixed contents from the mixing tank 3 2 which is tiltable for the purpose.

iVith this'construction one batch of concrete can be mixed in the mixer ivhile a bucket is being elevated and discharged so that the operation is made continuous and speedy.

that I claim is:

1. An inclined track including rail sections and means for detachablii connecting,r said sections consistingr ot hooks on one end ot' the section, means on the other end ot the section for receiving similar hooks on another section, and means for supporting the connected sections in inclined position consisting` of a frame adapted to detaehahly engage the hook receiving means.

2. An inclined track including rail seetions and means for detachably connecting said sections consisting` of hooks on one end of the section, means on the other end of the section for receiving similar hooks on another seetion, and means for supportingr (he connected sections in inclined position consisting o't' a movable trame adapted to engage one of the sections near its junction vvith another section.

GERHARD JAEGER. 

